India is a multi-lingual, multi-religion, multi-caste country with several special needs. Elections is the time when leaders make the need for new policies an election issue. Policy debate is required for the right development and growth of India. This section aims to cover issues that debate on new or obsolete policies and clarify India's poll agenda.

The BJP in its election manifesto has said that unaccounted money in overseas banks amount to Rs25-75 lakh crore, an amount large enough to allocate Rs4 crore for development of each village in the country

SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has championed the cause of rural India since he was 15. And it has paid him rich dividends too. But he seems to have failed to grasp the changes in the recent times while drafting the party’s latest manifesto.

The Samajwadi Party manifesto for Lok Sabha polls promises closure of English medium schools which charge "high" fee, curbs on high salaries and perks, end to mechanization to facilitate more employment and seizure of assets of people having excess wealth to end corruption.

Anger among retired soldiers over their unfulfilled longstanding demand for one rank, one pension once again took palpable form on Sunday with ex-servicemen from across the nation returning 2,000 medals at a rally held at Jantar Mantar.